Mid-month already and time for another post. Lately, I’ve been thinking that I need a theme or topic to help me focus my posts here at the Poisoned Pen Press blog. A peg to hang my mental hat on, so to speak.
Author Archives: Ann Parker
What’s It Worth?
Ann Parker here, mid-month blogger and author of the Silver Rush mysteries. Happy Tax Day in the good old U.S. of A.! Well, maybe not so happy. Maybe it’s the day, maybe it’s the times, but I definitely have money on the brain, particularly the cost of “stuff.” New cord for my Apple laptop? Ninety [...] Read More →
Well…shoot (and other gaffes and goofs)
Ann Parker here, mid-month blogger, and welcome to the Ides of March! (Yes, I’ve been dying to say that for months.) Poisoned Pen Press author Beverle Meyers did a great post on March 12 on bloopers in historical fiction. As she notes, historical fiction readers can be sticklers when it comes to accuracy. If something [...] Read More →
Writers: an endangered species?
Ann Parker here, mid-month poster on the Poisoned Pen Press blog, feeling optimistic and upbeat with a surfeit of chocolate and caffeine racing through my system (ah, yes, Valentine’s Day). As I open the bottom drawer of my desk and sneak another square of extra dark (just one more!) two images flit through my mind [...] Read More →
I Resolve to…
… not make resolutions. At least, not in January. I suppose you could say I’m the polar opposite of Charlotte Hinger, who wrote in her January 5th post that she is a “January Junkie” (love that term, btw, Charlotte!), who feels “a mysterious surge of optimistic energy this time of year.” I applaud you, Charlotte, [...] Read More →
Gift from the Past
Apropos of the season, I recently received an unexpected gift from the past that touched my heart (and pricked my finger). The story unravels thus. Some time ago, I had received a box of miscellaneous sewing goods, dating back a couple of generations at least, from a cousin (who has still more boxes and boxes [...] Read More →
On the road again…
If it’s the 15th of November, this must be Colorado! Fort Collins, to be exact. Ann Parker here, author of the Silver Rush historical mystery series, set in 1880s Colorado (but nothing in Fort Collins… yet!). Hoofing it through the country I love most to spread the word about Mercury’s Rise. Fellow mystery author and [...] Read More →
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.11.11 … Blast-off!
Ann Parker here, author of the Silver Rush mystery series… Is it mid-October already? What with the release date for MERCURY’S RISE (the fourth in my series) being the auspiciously numbered 1.11.11, I am preparing for November and all the promotional book-ish stuff that goes with it. The photo accompanying this post was snapped when [...] Read More →
Writing there/Being here – by Ann Parker
Ann Parker here, author of the Silver Rush historical mystery series (set in 1880s Colorado), staking my claim on the 15th of every month at the Poisoned Pen Press blog. So, from now on, in addition to being hither (The LadyKillers group blog, every other Thursday) and yon (The Silver Rush Mysteries blog, at random [...] Read More →
Techno-Lust by Ann Parker
My name is Ann and I suffer from a serious case of techno-lust. I come by this honestly, as I am a science writer in my day job, and things like an innovative solar energy design or a femtosecond timing system for particle accelerators send a pleasurable shiver down my spine. But my obsession with [...] Read More →